Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “Panic” come from?

Panic derives from French panique, from Latin panicus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives of origin or relation.

Panic (English): Pandean

Definitions

  1. Pandean

Ancestry of “Panic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPANAcronym of primary account number; Acronym of...
2EnglishpantographA mechanical linkage based on parallelograms...
3Frenchpantographepantograph
4French-graphe-graph; -grapher
5Latin-graphus—
6Ancient Greek-γράφοςwriter, painter
7Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
8Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
10Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →